Monthly Archives: May 2011

I’ve been quilting like crazy on Tribal Roots, trying to get it to the binding stage by the end of the month. If I don’t make it, it will be close. I’ll be turning binding sometime this week. The … Continue reading →

I finished the Flower purses yesterday. The pattern came from Pieceful Designs. When I first started sewing I loved making little crafty projects like this. Now I’d rather spend my time on larger projects. I’ve never used one of … Continue reading →

I took a vacation day today to stretch this into a four-day weekend. I spent the morning running around like crazy trying to catch up on a huge backlog of errands. I stopped at Joann’s to pick up this purse … Continue reading →

The Old Red Barn Co. is starting their next quilt-along today. Debby Brown posted the pattern here and will be posting videos to teach everyone how to free motion quilt all those quilt along projects. If you want to see … Continue reading →

I have two quilts going on my design wall. I usually prefer working on one thing at a time, but I’m happy alternating between these two projects for now. All the flowers are fused to the charity quilt and I … Continue reading →

In the past month I’ve seen a huge increase in the number of gluten free products stocked by local stores. I don’t know if the number of manufacturers in the market has increased or if the stores in my area … Continue reading →

In my last post I mentioned doing a test run on the quilting design for Tribal Roots. I needed something to practice on, so I sewed up this charity quilt top. I wanted to use up some scraps, so I … Continue reading →